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March 16, 2009

Better Bites: Mediterranean Chicken

First up I want to thank my guest bloggers from last week again! Thanks to you all for letting me have a little break. We had a nice little mini-vacation and that is always fun!

This dish is extremely easy to make. It's basically a pour and go sort of recipe. I wasn't sure what to call it, but since all the ingredients are rather Mediterranean I decided to call it Mediterranean Chicken.

This is just perfect for a week night when you want something delicious and healthy, but don't want to go to a lot of work. Serve it over a bed of rice or some whole grain noodles and dinner is served!

What You'll Need:
2 chicken breasts, bone in, skin removed (Note: If you don't want to remove the skin that's ok too, but it will have more fat content that way.)
Sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1- 14.5 ounce can of diced tomatoes (Note: Any version you like would work. Fire roasted would be especially nice!)
1 - 6 ounce can of black olives, drained
1 small container of button mushrooms
1 - 14 ounce can of artichoke hearts, drained
4-6 cloves of garlic, minced

Preheat oven to 375 F.

Place chicken breasts in the bottom of a glass baking dish that has a lid. Sprinkle with sea salt and black pepper. Next pour the diced tomatoes into the dish. Top the tomatoes with the black olives and mushrooms. Place the artichoke hearts around the edges of the dish and then sprinkle the whole thing with garlic.

Next add just a bit more sea salt and black pepper. Once everything is in the dish cover with the lid and bake for 1 hour and then serve.

See how easy that was? Not to mention delicious!

Notes: You could use sliced olives if you liked, but I prefer whole. You could also use olives off of the olive bar in place of the canned variety. This is normally what I would use, but I had a can of olives I needed to use so I went with those. Though I have never tried it, this would probably be perfect in the slow cooker too!

Posted by Dianne at March 16, 2009 8:32 AM

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